So, Jim Shooter has been announced as the new writer on Legion of Super-Heroes, and the comicblogotubes have mostly gone berserk with joy. My reaction is twofold: 1.) Shooter’s most recent track record – discounting Defiant Comics, which he was producing at a time when he was simultaneously fighting a number of vicious legal battles […]

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Dave Campbell recently featured a post about non-compelling comics covers, and in the ensuing discussion, a lot of people were particularly confused by this cover. Because nobody knows who the Cosmic Avengers are. This is entirely fair, because the Cosmic Avengers never actually had their own comic book per se. I thought I would explain […]

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This week, something a little more recent, but still Cancon: Broken Social Scene with “Anthems For A Seventeen Year Old Girl.”

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I’m living for the month in a one-bedroom apartment that the landlord is trying to rent as a two-bedroom by converting the living room into another bedroom and the oversized kitchen into a kitchen/dinette/living room combination. It’s not really a feasible proposition, but as a one-bedroom this apartment would be fabulous for a couple; it’s […]

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With the revelations about yesterday’s new iPods – they’re smaller, with bigger capacity, and fancier than previous models! I know! Who would have thunk! – I find it important to note that Steve Jobs actually has these press conferences planned out years in advance. 2008: Apple announces the brand new iPod Blank, which has no […]

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SCENE: A crummy-looking producer’s office. The walls are covered with posters detailing past glories – such as they are, we’re talking mostly budget SF/horror flicks and one Hallmark made-for-TV movie that won some technical awards. A SMALLWIG is sitting behind the desk, which is covered in mounds of paper. His LACKEY brings him coffee. SMALLWIG: […]

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So now that I’ve officially started law school, I’m expected to start thinking about what sort of legal philosophy I’m going to support. This is really remarkably easy. This one. When in doubt, I believe the only legal tidbits you desperately need to know in order to serve effectively as a dedicated lawyer are all […]

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This week, we feature refreshing kiwi juice. Kiwifruit (never just “kiwi”, as that is either a flightless bird or a New Zealander or both) are extremely rich in vitamin C, as well as having a great deal of vitamin A and E, a decent amount of potassium (nearly as much as a banana, by weight), […]

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This is what happens when somebody tells me that something unproven is a certainty and I disagree. In this case the email in question said “the reason there are so few DC movies is because nobody wants to see anything but batman and maybe superman. wonder woman never gets made because she sucks. green lantern […]

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This week sees the debut of my new TV column at Torontoist, so go read it and recommend it, willya? Not that it changes my pay grade any either way, but.

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Every year, at Ontario Place, there’s a Chinese Lantern Festival. This year, I brought along my crappy 2.1 megapixel camera with the slippy focus and the zoom function that doesn’t quite work, and out of the 700 or so pictures I took, these are the ones I deem worthy of public viewing.

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